From combined sewer overflows to rising sewer mains: our water experts discuss the wastewater network
A wastewater leak can occur from factors as simple as a build up of wet wipes, fats, oils and grease.
Despite all this, wastewater networks typically aren’t monitored for leakage, even though a wastewater leak can have serious environmental consequences due to the risk of pollution incidents.
As water utilities’ performance commitments become more stringent in each asset management plan (AMP) period, it’s never been more important to deploy leak detection on wastewater pipelines.
In this video, we interviewed our water experts: Business Development Director for water Martin Duff and Sales and Senior Research Engineer Harry Smith. They answered some of the key questions we get asked about wastewater networks, including:
- What causes sewer pollution
- The possibility of monitoring leakage in sewage pipelines
- Detecting leaks on a rising sewer main
- The key differences between clean water and wastewater leak detection applications
- If wastewater leak detection systems can utilize existing instrumentation
- How a leak detection system could be used on an intermittently pumped rising main
- Fixed monitoring vs portable “lift and shift” wastewater leak detection solutions
- Atmos’ leak detection system’s compatibility with pipelines of different materials and sizes
Watch the full video below
Atmos’ leak detection solutions extend to clean networks too